Vulnerability Management Contracts in the Thames Valley

Vulnerability Management
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Vulnerability Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Vulnerability Management over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 134 154
Rank change year-on-year +27 +20 -26
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 25 16 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.95% 0.56% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 0.62% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 13 11
10th Percentile £310 £421 £238
25th Percentile £380 £469 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -7.32%
75th Percentile £545 £575 £647
90th Percentile £550 £585 £875
South East median daily rate £450 £575 £515
% change year-on-year -21.74% +11.60% +3.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Vulnerability Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,268 2,599 3,223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.88% 90.75% 89.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,245 1,764 2,187
10th Percentile £213 £317 £235
25th Percentile £375 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £485
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +4.12% +7.78%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £585
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £510 £504 £500
% change year-on-year +1.29% +0.70% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 70 89
10th Percentile £14.09 £16.25 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £24.86 £12.25
Median hourly rate £46.25 £52.30 £17.42
Median % change year-on-year -11.57% +200.23% -17.24%
75th Percentile £64.42 £72.69 £24.42
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £63.27
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.99
% change year-on-year -9.52% +138.80% -20.05%

Vulnerability Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Vulnerability Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Management in the Thames Valley

Vulnerability Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Management in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Vulnerability Management in the Thames Valley

Vulnerability Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Management in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Vulnerability Management in the Thames Valley

Vulnerability Management
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Management within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire -1 21 £463 -15.91% 8
Buckinghamshire - 3 £550 - 1
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 2
Vulnerability Management
South East

Vulnerability Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) AWS
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (36.00%) Network Security
2 3 (12.00%) DHCP
2 3 (12.00%) DNS
2 3 (12.00%) Firewall
3 2 (8.00%) LAN
3 2 (8.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (8.00%) WAN
4 1 (4.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Power BI
1 1 (4.00%) Tableau
General
1 7 (28.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (12.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (32.00%) Consultant
1 8 (32.00%) Security Consultant
2 6 (24.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 4 (16.00%) Analyst
3 4 (16.00%) Architect
3 4 (16.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 4 (16.00%) Security Architect
4 3 (12.00%) Head of Information
4 3 (12.00%) Head of Information Security
4 3 (12.00%) Head of Operations
4 3 (12.00%) Head of Security
4 3 (12.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Lead
4 3 (12.00%) Senior
4 3 (12.00%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
5 2 (8.00%) Lead Consultant
5 2 (8.00%) Lead Security Consultant
5 2 (8.00%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Security Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Senior Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 9 (36.00%) Data Centre
2 4 (16.00%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (12.00%) IoT
3 3 (12.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.00%) Cyberattack
4 1 (4.00%) Cybercrime
4 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.00%) Operational Technology
4 1 (4.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (4.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.00%) Windows
1 5 (20.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (4.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (84.00%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (64.00%) Information Security
3 12 (48.00%) Identity Access Management
3 12 (48.00%) OWASP
4 10 (40.00%) Risk Management
5 9 (36.00%) Application Security
5 9 (36.00%) Information Security Management
5 9 (36.00%) ITIL
5 9 (36.00%) Security Management
5 9 (36.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (32.00%) Conflict Resolution
6 8 (32.00%) Incident Response
7 7 (28.00%) Budget Management
7 7 (28.00%) Budgeting
7 7 (28.00%) Capacity Management
7 7 (28.00%) Project Planning
7 7 (28.00%) Roadmaps
7 7 (28.00%) Security Operations
8 6 (24.00%) SIEM
9 5 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 7 (28.00%) ISACA
2 1 (4.00%) CTC Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (40.00%) GDPR
2 9 (36.00%) COBIT
2 9 (36.00%) NIST
3 3 (12.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (20.00%) XenApp
2 3 (12.00%) XenDesktop
3 1 (4.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (16.00%) Nessus
2 3 (12.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 3 (12.00%) SCCM
3 2 (8.00%) Network Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (4.00%) Nagios
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) Citrix
1 5 (20.00%) VMware
2 4 (16.00%) Splunk
3 3 (12.00%) Cisco
3 3 (12.00%) FireEye
3 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (12.00%) ServiceNow
3 3 (12.00%) Tanium
4 2 (8.00%) CheckPoint
5 1 (4.00%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (4.00%) Proofpoint
5 1 (4.00%) Qualys
5 1 (4.00%) Rapid7
5 1 (4.00%) SolarWinds
5 1 (4.00%) Zscaler